Theology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Thou
One of the disappointing features of our controversies about biblical translations, the readings in the lectionary, the…
Pietas
In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start, In the prison of his days…
Solzhenitsyn: More Than Fashionable
In the realm of ideas, and in the realm of art, there are fashions—just as there are…
Just War and Fratelli Tutti
Nobody expected the Church’s just war tradition to be a key part of the encyclical Fratelli Tutti, but…
Philadelphia and the New “Tolerance”
Philadelphia is a tough place. It’s the home of the famously overserved football fans who, as a…
Fratelli Tutti and the Good Samaritan Society
Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’s recent encyclical on “fraternity and social friendship,” will generate work for theologians for…
Mystery of the Trinity
For the past forty years, two Reformed theologians—Vern Poythress of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, and John…
Give My Regards to New York
I came to be an actress, or something like that. I stayed to raise a daughter. Along…
A Fracture in the Stonewall
The website UnHerd, a source of refreshingly independent and heretical perspectives on the orthodoxies of our day,…
Christian Armenia Under Attack
Last week, Azerbaijan reignited its long-simmering war with Armenia over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The region, known…
Coming Attractions for Autumn
Have I mentioned that for many years, I saved the annual Spring Announcements and Fall Announcements issues…
Invisible Men and Women
Non-Jews often wonder about the value of close study of Jewish law. To the outsider it can…
October Twilight
The sky pools red this Hallowtide.We enter, ease into a pew,And whisper prayers for those who died,For…
Style Reveals the Man
Writing cannot be taught, as I came to realize after attempting to teach it for thirty years…
The Anti-Romantic
What Éric Rohmer said of one of his characters could be said of him as well: He…
